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Got this winter's project in the garage a little early so it doesn't have to bake in the sun all Summer.


It's a 1947ish 12" Penn Yan Car Top. (CarTop, Car Top, Car-Top?) Specifically it's my...

In the end the Spirit Line coating acted as my sealing coat and then I covered the bottom with two thinned coats of Polyurethane primer and white paint. Overall I'm happy with the end product but I...

Been a while since I made an update, but this little canoe is FINALLY done.


Kevlar install and varnish seal coats went well enough, and the process of stretching the fabric was really very easy....

I ordered the 2-part Urethane System from Spirit Line, seems like a common sealer, but I'm obviously open to suggestions. I'm also going to try the iron/heat gun combo, easy enough in concept but...

This looks awesome, I really like the Penobscot and I'm hoping I can tackle one in the next few years. Excited to see your progress.

Thanks for the kind words all! Posting a few more updates to get caught up with my progress.



Very cool, I'm getting close to the portion of the build where I'm out of my element, all the...

I also made laminated stems for the canoe, I don't need to but I figured it'd be good steaming and expoxy practice, and why not.


https://i.imgur.com/xDBkADF.jpg?1

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Don't see a lot of these builds on the forum. I suppose it's likely because they're just 'barely' a wooden boat, but I figured I'd throw some progress pictures up if anyone else came searching...